John,

I would take a look at the Rockler crib plans and hardware kits. I used one
such kit to build a crib for son that worked out very well and was very
attractive as the Lyptus wood it is built of has some fairly nice figure.
The particular plans I used were for a convertible crib that could change
to a day bed once the child became a toddler and then be converted once
again to a full size bed once the child graduated to a big kid's bed.

The Rockler plans expect quite a bit of power tool work but I was OK with
that given the repetitive nature of making spindle after spindle after
spindle after... Well you get the idea. The kit also included the mattress
frame and the drop gate hardware, but I think the CPSC has determined that
drop gate are dangerous, so that bit is probably no longer included.

Mickey

On Apr 20, 2015 7:35 AM, "John M Johnston (jmjhnstn)" 
wrote:
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> 'Lo Galoots Assembled,
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> My youngest daughter is due to deliver her first child (and my third
grandchild) around the middle of July and she has asked me to build a
crib.  Having never made such a piece, I thought I would turn to the
collective wisdom of those Galoots who have gone before.